Report of the President 69 



mural decorations for the Southwest Hall, died while engaged 

 in that work. Forty enlarged photographs loaned by Karl 

 Moon and seventy-five plates from the work of Edward S. 

 Curtis were also exhibited. Many blankets and pottery ves- 

 sels were displayed during the exhibition, presenting almost 

 the entire reserve collections of the Museum. 



During the year all but three of the sixteen new store- 

 rooms have been completed, and all these, both complete and 



_ , incomplete, have been filled with ethnological 



Study 



P 11 f- specimens. The old rooms on the sixth floor 



of the new wing have all been rearranged. This 

 work, which has been under the supervision of Mr. Sabine, has 

 consumed many months of his time and that of the other 

 assistants. With the exception of the material which is still 

 stored in wooden cases for lack of space in these two series of 

 storerooms, our ethnological collections are fully classified 

 and readily accessible. We feel that those provided for in 

 the new storerooms are as safe from harm as it is possible to 

 make them. They are protected from fire, insects, dust, sun- 

 light, and to a considerable degree from moisture. Since 

 many of these ethnological specimens could never be replaced, 

 it is one of the most important duties of the Museum to pre- 

 serve them for future generations. It should be noted, how- 

 ever, that a portion of our study collections is still in temporary 

 boxes and that there is very little room available for incoming 

 collections. 



The number of specimens added to our collections is 



much smaller than for any year since the depart- 

 Accessions , , . _, . , 



ment reached its present proportions. 1 his has 



been largely due to the lack of funds for the purchase of 



collections. 



Through the generosity of J. P. Morgan, it was possible to 



purchase a large and important archaeological collection from 



Tennessee made by Charles E. Mason. Two Osage war bundles 



were secured by purchase. These are the most valuable single 



specimens to be expected from that tribe and were especially 



welcome since our Osage collection consisted of but a few 



unimportant pieces. The opportunity of buying collections 



from the Micmac and Malecite Indians of New Brunswick and 



